Corruption in the El Paso Independent School District
Written by: Cedric J. Cole
COMM/215 Essentials of College Writing
29 April 2012
Instructor: JoAnne Catlin

References:
El Paso Independent School District, April 24, 2012
EL Paso Times, April 24, 2012

Corruption in the El Paso Independent School District

Lately the El Paso Independent School District has been rocked with numerous scandals of board members changing student grades in order to attain Federal Grants and the misuse of state and federal funds. There had been a lot of changes the last few months to include a new Interim Superintendent for El Paso Independent School District.
Federal investigations showed “significant failures in our number one job of educating every student”. (April 24, 2012 — EPISD News) Federal investigators showed violations of district policies, potentially illegal falsification of government documents, and improper promotion and retention of students that avoided federal education accountability standards during the previous EPISD administration. It is very disturbing that elected public officials would lie and cheat in order to gain such prominence in El Paso. This type of activity maybe happening in your district or even across the country as these elected officials potentially gain prominence, prestige, respect, and popularity within the local community. I have also read in the local news stories that some officials are forcing out students that do not perform to high standards within the local middle and high schools and are denying enrollment into their school. For instance, an allegation is being made at Bowie High School. The Bowie High School Principle had been replaced and reassigned an administrative position within the district. Bowie High School now is being investigated by the local and federal agencies to see if there are more than one incident and if